Morpheme
Matric(e) [Matrice, Matric]
Type
free base
Denotation
uterus, womb, source, origin, list, register
Etymology
(1) Latin mātrīcis and mātrīcēs, from mātrīx, from māter + -trīx; (2) backformed from Latin plural matrices (<Matrice + -es>)
Evidence
matrical, matrice, matricectomy, matrices, matricial, matrician, matricians, matricity, matricula, matriculae, matriculand, matriculands, matriculant, matriculant, matriculants, matriculas, matriculate, matriculated, matriculates, matriculates, matriculating, matriculation, matriculator, nonmatriculated, pilomatricoma, pilomatricomas, rematriculate, unmatriculated
Notes
Latin plural <Matrice + -es> and English plural <Matrice + -(e)s> are homographs and homophones
matrician also on analogy of patrician
matriculant and matriculand are doublets
